Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2020

In-app messaging is a key component of a strong customer engagement strategy – one that reaches users at the right place, at the right time, and is consistent across platforms. With our recent launch of Mobile Carousels , we tapped into the possibility of creating and nurturing better customer relationships through mobile.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 30, 2020

Everyone is stuck at home, therefore using their phones more than ever for things like fitness, meditation, DIY projects, and more. The first step to optimizing your lifestyle app for customer engagement is by understanding benchmarks. And that’s where our 2020 Mobile App Customer Engagement Benchmark Report comes in!

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Feedback Software User Testing Customer Feedback Customer Experience 165

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

Second, expectations are rising for consumer-grade experiences. Not only is this what customers want (and expect), but it also will have a significant impact on revenue for businesses going forward. When a customer reaches out with a question while they’re on a free trial, is that a support issue or a sales issue?

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Reporting Tools Customer Communications Data Visualization Research Software 228

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2020

In the face of the massive change the support landscape is currently experiencing, the one constant is that many companies are receiving rising numbers of inbound customer requests. Customers who only have access to your Help Center will see a search icon instead of a chat icon on Messenger launcher.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2018

Broaden the audience over time to include users who haven’t asked for the feature. Work on how you’ll pitch and describe the solution in a way that makes the most sense for your users. Get feedback direct from your customers. Jump on customer calls and send targeted messages based on usage of the beta to gather feedback.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I haven’t included books on consumer-focused products and businesses, because this new venture is selling a software product into enterprise. The four steps are Customer Discovery, Customer Validation, Customer Creation, Customer Building. I love that it focuses on customer behaviour. by Justin?—?Takes

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2020

Global customer support teams are used to working across different offices. But as we consider how we take our customer support fully remote, we are rethinking how we would use our workflows, automation tools, and day-to-day rituals to protect our team dynamics and productivity. Double down on teamwork best practices.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 6, 2015

The customer development and lean startup methodologies evangelized by Steve Blank and Eric Ries brought us a better approach that favored experimentation over elaborate planning, customer feedback over intuition, and iterative design over traditional “big design up front” development. Target Audience. Value Propositions.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2018

You can spend months working on a great idea, pour tons of time and energy into crafting the perfect marketing, but without customers your business will cease to exist. All future growth hinges on one thing – customer acquisition. Mobilize your influencers to drive customer acquisition. Want more advice like this?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Introducing Outbound. There are a lot of different ways to interact with your visitors and customers using Intercom, and we know from your feedback that sometimes it could be hard to choose the most appropriate variety of message to use. There are no longer “visitor auto messages” or “user auto messages”. Bot updates.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 9, 2020

It’s the perfect storm that produces a swell of people who need to get in touch with customer support. In the midst of such a surge, it’s essential to get customers’ issues resolved quickly. Assisting both customers and support staff by offering predictive suggestions. But others might need more direct answers.

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User Testing Customer Experience Customer Feedback Feedback Software 245

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2022

For example, you can segment your NPS® scores by region, product feedback by user persona, churn reasons by subscription type, and more – enabling you to better understand your customers and quickly take action based on their feedback. Use advanced reporting to unlock deeper insights from your Surveys. and Fred Reichheld.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

On the last Built for You episode, we talked about how customer feedback informs the features we build at Intercom. They’ll walk you through the process of building Series, from cross-team collaboration to beta-testing our way towards operational excellence. I’m on the research and data science team here at Intercom.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 16, 2020

From grounded flights to impatient customers to intensive cleaning protocols, everything looks different than it did a few months ago. One of the primary locations that travel brands interact with customers is through their mobile apps. This will help you understand the value of their feedback and input.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2022

Product market fit, often just called product/market or “P/M” is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts. There is a lot of information out there about why it’s important for having a successful product and grow your business, but finding out how to achieve product-market fit can still feel elusive. What is Product-Market fit?

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Strong customer relationships are more important than ever for business success, but the old ways of communicating and building relationships with customers are broken. Old communication tools, like email and forms, simply don’t match the ways modern customers want to talk, connect, and receive help.

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 27, 2020

Knowing where apps like yours stood last year in terms of customer engagement, surveys, in-app feedback, ratings and reviews, and other mobile KPIs can help you gain context to better understand where your brand stands today. ?Download Download the 2020 Mobile Customer Engagement Benchmark Report for Retail Apps.

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Feedback Software User Testing Customer Feedback Customer Experience 147

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2022

Today, we’re excited to launch Intercom SMS – increase engagement and encourage action with two-way SMS that connects you to your customers anytime, anywhere. For businesses looking for a reliable, fast, and effective way to communicate with their customers, SMS is a no-brainer. Boost your customer engagement with Intercom SMS.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

So how did they go from product-market fit to actually scaling a sales org around a repeatable sales process? But as a startup starts to grow into a mature organization, growth aspirations naturally lead to the desire to expand to more lucrative customers, at which point the self-serve model reaches its limits. What’s not to like?

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Weak Development Team Outbound User Testing Research Software 162

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It’s how customers access the workflows they need on a daily basis to do their job. Recently, we were hearing more and more feedback around increased levels of friction stemming from the product navigation. Another learning was that fixing our unintuitive navigation was an important problem to solve for new customers especially.

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Feedback Software Reporting Tools Outbound User Testing 219

Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 16, 2024

Please send us feedback (or leave a comment ) on anything you think we’re missing, or anything unique about your business that caused you to modify the equation you use. One key metric for every business is customer acquisition payback period. This won’t be perfect. We’d love to hear it.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 8, 2021

Not too long ago, customer support was viewed as a cost center, not a value driver. It was seen as a necessary part of a business, but not something that drove revenue or influenced customers’ buying decisions. Study after study shows how important a great customer experience is to today’s consumers. That time is over.

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Folding Burritos

JANUARY 25, 2018

What are customers asking for in our support channels?”. ” “What are customers telling us?” Think about it as either inbound or outbound comms. “Did you know there’s a bug when people try to do ‘so and so’?”. How’s that KPI doing?”. What are the top objections we’re getting on sales calls?”.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

You can delay it until you’ve acquired your first 100 or 1,000 customers, but at some point you’ll need to find sustainable traction in the market. When done correctly, your sales strategy will help your sales team execute with focus – SMB or enterprise, inbound or outbound, hunting or farming. Define your ideal customer profile.

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Outbound Strategy Inbound Customer Experience 177

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Much of what defines our most outstanding sales reps is their ability to deeply understand our prospects’ and customers’ business needs and speak directly to them. Gross customer churn. At this stage, many companies become obsessed with tracking sales activities, especially if they’re doing outbound sales. New logos acquired.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 19, 2021

A few years ago, we wanted to improve the A/B testing functionality in some of our targeted messages. Fuelled by our mission of “making internet business personal,” we wanted to make it easier for businesses to build personal relationships with their customers at scale. User experience debt. Functional debt.

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Framework Customer Experience Systems Review User Testing 272

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2020

We’ve always used Intercom to provide support for our customers and, as our customer base has grown, we’ve seen first hand the needs for better reporting and workflows in Intercom. These new features have supercharged our team’s efficiency while preserving our customer experience.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2021

Today, customer expectations are at an all-time high. A proactive customer support approach is the key to regaining control. But this approach not only overwhelms your team, it also means customers frequently have to wait hours or even days to get the help they need. Why proactive support is your first line of defense.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2023

Time to prioritize the whole Customer Journey (CJ). Products that delight customers and fuel growth loops are essential. But with the rise of digital channels, customers interact with businesses in multiple ways that drive the overall experience. It’s about Customer-Led Growth. It’s all the above simultaneously.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 29, 2021

Knowing how to sell UX research is an important part of every UX researcher’s toolkit. I didn’t get into research to end up doing sales,” might you say. First, we’ll start by seeing how knowing how to sell research will help you in your UX journey. Sometimes you’ll even be the only researcher in the team.

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Research Software User Testing Product Research UX 110

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

That means your focus should be on building the right customer profile and developing precise messaging to reach them. Max is a proponent of combining old-school techniques with new tools like using messengers to catch potential customers when they visit your site looking for a specific answer. Starting sales from scratch.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2019

Software as a service (SaaS) has become much more attractive to customers as SaaS companies embrace the idea of offering rich integrations with other platforms. This gives added incentive for a user to open the product, and use it for a longer period of time. You need to design, code and test the integration itself.

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Reporting Tools Data Visualization Customer Experience User Testing 187

Userpilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

What is customer acquisition for SaaS, and how can you leverage it to drive sustainable growth ? The purpose of customer acquisition is to expand and make more revenue. Customer acquisition funnel stages in SaaS are Awareness, Consideration, Evaluation, Conversion. What is customer acquisition?

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Almost without fail, I find that the “maker” side of software companies (developers, designers, product folks, DevOps, tech writers…) and the “go-to-market” side of software companies (sales, marketing, support, customer success.) We spin up outbound marketing/support efforts too early. have irreconcilable definitions of MVP.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2023

Why NOT to PLG I’ll start off by saying that even though we went with PLG, I still don’t think it’s the best choice for most startups: First of all, it’s not a good fit for many companies and products. years and more to get any consistent flow of customers going. Each of them individually is just so unexpectedly time-consuming.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

A good grasp of the customer value chain is essential to product-led growth. Having a clear idea of how your solution adds value to your customers’ lives is the only way you’ll be able to clearly communicate the core benefits and get your value proposition across. What is the customer value chain concept?

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User Testing Customer Feedback Feedback Software Customer Experience 98

Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Interested in building a B2B customer journey map? At the very least, a journey map will help you easily analyze and make data-driven decisions to improve the user experience. It also helps align your teams by ensuring everyone is on the same page regarding customer interactions. What is a customer journey map?

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